Fastener strip or fly for garments



May 24,1927.

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Patented May 24, 1927. Y

. uan-#ED STATES LEO ROSENMAN, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, .ASSIFNOR TO R. K.M. MFG.

i A CORPORA'FZON OF NEW JERSEY.

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FASTEER STRIP OR FLY FOR GAR/MENTS,l

Appueation filed May 12,

'Ifhis invention relates, generally, to Aimprovements'in strips or fiiesto be usedwfith garments; and, the present invention has reference, moreparticularly, to provide a novel Yconstruction offstrip or fly,comprising a main' base-strip of a strong or stout fabric anda facing ofadelicate and more 'or' lessflimsy"material, the strong or stoutbase-material having attached theretov an arrangement cf metalfasteners, such as hoolrsv andeyes, the fasteners being secured to thebase-material b y sewing, and the delicate'lfacing atthe same timeserving as a means or' covering `to the line or 'lines of stitching sothat the latter will not be eX- p'osed'tofview, when'Y the strips orflies are attached toa garment.

'The present invention has for its principalobject to provide a'stripyor fly for garments having 'a ffacing of' a delicate or flimsymaterial,and still permitting of the use' ofy hooks and eyes therewith,v wherebythe strips or flies are adzipted for use and attachment tothe garment,without in the least-i destroying the 'usefulness of the delicate andweak fabri'cin connection with the strips or flies, as willv hereinaftermore fully dppear. f n. :Y

VThe invention has for .its further object to provide 'a novel method.of folding Athe main vbase-member of a strong fabrichand of the`delicateand flimsy facing, the two fabrics being suitablyusecuredtogether by aline of stitching,V by means of which the hooks or eyes areralso secured inplace, yand the facing being folded over thebase-member, 'so that'the'line of stitching,fand the exposed portions ofthe fasteners, when the strips or flies are attachedtoa garment, arehiddeny from view.

i :Other objects of the present invention not latY this time moreparticularly enumerated will'be clearly understood'rfrom thefollowingdetailed, description of the present invention. f n

`With the various objects of the present invention in view, the saidinvention conv sis'ts, primarily, in the novel Varrang'ements andcombinations of thesseveral devices and parts, all of which will be morefully describedfin the following specification, and

then finally embodied inthe claim which is appended to and which formsan essential part of the said specification.

192,2. Serial No. 560,405.

with the hooks and eyes thereofl disconnected, said kview illustratingmore particularly the separable feature ofthe two strips. or flies. e i

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section taken on line 3 3 in saidFigure lguand Figure 4 is a similar'section taken online L el in said FigureV 1. v

Figure 5 is ya face or plan View ofa p oi-,

tion ofl one ofthe saidstrips or flies, with the'- facing of a delicatelmaterial attached along onev of itsv longitudinal marginal edges of thebase-member of the strip or fly, showing the relativeposition of thesaid facing to said basejmemberk before being folderlover thereon;aiidFigure 6 is'a transverse vertical section ofthe ,said base-memberand facing, said section beingrepresented-asbeing taken on line l6 6 :insaidk 1 Figure y5. 4 y

Figure 'Tis a transverse verticalsection of a Vstrip ver fly comprisinga base-member provided with both front and rear facing, butstillembodying lthe principlesV of the present invention.

Similar characters of reference areA employed in thesaid above describedviews,

n to indicate corresponding parts.l

Referring now to the several figures of the drawings, the referencecharacters l and 2 indicate fragmentary portions o'fvstrips or flies,provided, respectively, with suitable hooks 3 and eyes t, suitablysecured to and connected withy the lbase-members of Athe strips in amanner to be V'presently more )ar-r ticularlyr set forth.

As has been previously stated, each strip comprises a main base-memberof a strong or stout'fabric', as cotton, muslin, or the like, and afacing of a more delicate and flimsy nature,'as silk, or the like. Now,it is a well-known fact, that as the delicate material is insuflicientin body to prevent the securing of the fasteners thereto, such as hooksand eyes, some means must be provided to which the fasteners can besecured, so as to provide a strong and efficient strip or fly, whichstill has the appearance of being made of vdelicate material, as silk orthe like.

To accomplish the objects of the present invention, the main body orbase-member of each strip or fly consists, essentially of an upperfabric-strip 5 and a lower fabricstrip, as 6, said strip 6 beinglongitudinally folded or doubled over, as at 7 and 8. The previouslymentionedfacing of silk, or the like, is indicated by thereference-character 9, said facing being also longitudinally folded ordoubled over, as at 10 and 11. To secure the fabric-strip or facing 9 tothe base-iiieinber, the longitudinal edge-portion 10 is placed betweentheupper fabric-strip 5 and the folded or doubled-over portion of thelower fa ric-strip 6, the various inembers then being secured togetherby means of a row of stitching, as 1Q. lhe previously mentionedfasteners, as the hooks and eyes, are suitably disposed, atpredetermined distances, between the portions 7 and 10 of the respectivemembers 6 and 9, the said fasteners being secured in place againstdisplacement by means of the said row of stitching, as will be clearlyevident from an inspection of Figures 3 and 5 of the drawings.

After the facing-member 9 has thus been stitched in place between thetwo fabricstrips 5 and 6, it is turned over the edgeportion 13 of thestrip 5, so that it will lie directly upon and will cover the outer faceof said strip 5, substantially as shown in Figures 3 and 4 of thedrawings. a

lt will be seen from an inspection more particularly of Figures 1, 2 and8 of the drawings, that the hook-shapedend-portions of the hooks 3extend beyond the inarginal edge of the strip with which they areemployed, while the hook-receiving portions of the eyes do not extendbeyond the mar ginal edge of the other strip, with which they arc used.rlhus, as will be seen from Figures 1 and 2, when the garment is worn,the corresponding marginal edges of the `two stripswill be brought inclose abutting relation, whereby the fastening devices are entirelyhidden from view.

If desired, the base member may have secured thereto, in the manner ofthe present invention, in addition to the facing-member 9, a rearfacing-member, as 17, both of which front and rear facing-members are ofa fabric of a delicate structure, such as 'posed upon silk, or the like,as will be clearly evident from an inspection of Figure of the drawings.

'lhe finished strips or flies 1 and 2, thus produced may be suitablyattached to the garment la by disposing the edge-portions of the garmentbetween the fold 8 of the strip-member 6 and the edge-portion 15' of thestrip-member 5, the various parts being united by a line of'stitching,as 16.

From the foregoing description of the present invention it will be seen,that a simple, neat, and well-appearing strip or fly for garments hasbeen produced, which has the appearance of being made ofY a fabric of adelicate structure, such as silk, and iii .which the fasteners, as hooksand eyes, instead of being fastened directly to the delicate fabric, aresecured directly to a strong fabric, such las cotton, linen, or thelike, so that the strip or ily can be sewed in position upon a garment,without the least danger, when in use, of the fasteners pulling .awayfrom their fixed positions upon the strip or fly.

l claim f Y Flies for Garments comprising a pair of fastener strips,each strip consisting of a main basemcinber made up of lan upper and alower element, and a facing-member, hav-V ing` a marginal fold disposedbetween said upper and lower elements, and the main portion of thefacing-member being disthe outer face of the upper element of saidbase-member, garment hooks ar anged between the fold of the facingmember and the lower elenieiit'of the basenieinber of one of saidfastener-strips `with their hook-shaped portions projecting beyondthemarginal edge of the fold of said strip, eyes arranged between thefold of the facing` member and the lower element of the base-member ofthe other of said fastener strips at points so that the eyes will notproject beyond the marginal edge of the fold of said last-mentionedfastener-strip, and lines of stitching for securing said facinp`members, said lower and upper elements and the garment fasteners of therespective fastener-strips in assembled relation, said upper and lowerelements, furthermore, being made of a fabric of greater strength Ythanthe facing members, all arranged toprevent pulling away of thegarment-fasteners from Vsaid strips, and to hide said fasteners fromview when the marginal edges of the Afolds of saidstrips are broughtinto abutting re* lation. l

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 10th day of May, 1922.

' LEO ROSENMAN. l.

